Koh Chang has a lot of nicknames. In Thai, it means, “elephant island,” but some refer to it as, “the last cheap island,” while others swear it’s the friendliest island in Thailand. While all of these things are definitely true, I felt like it was the best island I’ve been to so far for solo […]
Inside Slab City: The Last Free Place in America
I pulled into Slab City, a squatter community in California, at around midnight. I wasn’t entirely comfortable with camping overnight, to be honest. How had I ended up there, of all places? Rewind an hour, I’d stopped for gas well after sundown towards the end of my 10-hour drive down from the top of Arizona […]
How to See White Pocket, an Amazing Alternative to the Wave
The clouds moved swiftly overhead casting curious shadows all over the sloped and swirling ground. In places it looked like a turtle shell, and in others more like Neapolitan sherbet, which really should be an ice cream flavor if it isn’t already. “You know, in all of the times that I’ve been here and with all of the […]
The Highest I’ve Ever Been: Trekking Mount Kinabalu
“If you want to try it, I know of a way to do it for cheap,” he said to me from the dorm bed across the room. I had only met just met him, and we were talking about doing something fairly major together. I hadn’t planned for it and, frankly, was ill-prepared for what […]
What Does an American Southwest Road Trip Cost?
I figured that a road trip through the American Southwest would set me back quite a bit considering that the cost of campsites can quickly add up, plus all of the gas and activities. The United States is not a super budget destination, after all. I was quite pleased to find that it was easy to save […]